Project Gutenberg 2004-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 95 Williams, William Klapp 1897 The Communes of Lombardy from the VI. to the X. Century An Investigation of the Causes Which Led to the Development of Municipal Unity Among the Lombard Communes. Communes of Lombardy from the 6th to the 10th Century Reading ease score: 46.9 (College-level). Difficult to read. Communes of Lombardy from the Sixth to the Tenth Century Produced by Keith Eckrich, Juliet Sutherland and PG Distributed Proofreaders "The Communes of Lombardy from the VI. to the X. Century" by William Klapp Williams is a historical account written in the late 19th century. The book investigates the causes that led to the development of municipal unity among the Lombard communes during a transformative period in Northern Italy's history. It delves into the Lombard conquest and the subsequent socio-political changes that facilitated the emergence of local independence and communal organization. At the start of the work, the author outlines the historic context of Lombard conquest, describing the conditions of land and people in Italy amid a turbulent time of transition. Williams emphasizes the dual nature of the Lombards as both conquerors and settlers, with a focus on their military organization and the resultant social hierarchy. He details the impoverished state of existing towns post-conquest, highlighting a lack of civic structure and the complicated relationships between various classes of society. The opening sets the stage for an exploration of how local populations, despite their vulnerability, began to navigate this new landscape, ultimately leading to a burgeoning sense of municipal identity and independence amidst external pressures. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Lombardy (Italy) -- History Local government -- Italy -- Lombardy DG Text Browsing: History - European Browsing: History - General 208836 208726 2024-10-05T16:27:26.163911 2023-10-06T04:19:38.742955 text/html text/html 208829 208719 2024-10-05T16:27:26.408911 2023-10-06T04:19:38.900966 text/html text/html 160280 2024-10-05T16:27:33.296869 application/epub+zip 162518 2024-10-05T16:27:29.818871 application/epub+zip 143698 2024-10-05T16:27:28.573898 application/epub+zip 376362 2024-10-05T16:27:35.819861 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 359128 2024-10-05T16:27:32.510869 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 174829 2022-09-06T19:04:13.937525 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 190877 190818 2024-10-05T16:27:25.867186 2023-10-06T04:19:38.537964 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 192379 2020-12-14T18:46:36 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 69608 2020-12-14T18:46:37 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 192380 2020-12-14T18:46:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 69575 2020-12-14T18:46:37 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20851 2024-10-05T16:27:35.953843 application/rdf+xml 21874 2024-10-05T16:27:29.114876 image/jpeg 4549 2024-10-05T16:27:28.843882 image/jpeg 159096 2024-10-05T16:27:26.425907 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog